Hi  Do we know what LED fitting are they using in Welshpool.  Thanks  Nick ... From: Richard W. Jones <lists@...> Subject: RE: [StreetlightingUK]...
Rockstone Lane, between Onslow Road and The Avenue. Peek are a traffic signal company, but are a sister company to the Dutch company selling the Lumis LED....
That's a thought - how many LED cells would have equivalent brightness to one gas mantle? Actually some CFL types resemble a gas mantle more than most electric...
I think an LED heritage lantern has possibilities. If the colour of its output could be adjusted to make it more more yellow and less blue it would be able to...
Thanks Steve - which Soton street are we talking about?!? (I'll be there shortly...) Is the Peek manufacturer an alias for an existing make, or a new kid on...
... http://www.jw-uk-ltd.co.uk/html/heritage_led.html In the case of Southampton's LED lanterns, it would look like a conventional heritage lantern with a...
Most LED lanterns rely on white LED technology, including the WRTL Stela. However, an interesting development appears to be the Innolumis Lumis LED lantern: ...
Ah - where in Welshpool are they? (It's possible I may be going there in the New Year). I've been trying to envisage how Stela's might be used on installations...
... the Isle of ... There are now some in Welshpool, and pretty hopeless they are. My Energizer LED head torch probably produces more light than they do. They...
And lo, I was abiding in the streets of Newport this evening and passing along the Quayside, when I beheld a great light as yet afar off. And as I drew near I...
Hello all, A quick note to let anyone interested know that the Welshpool Smithfield is currently being dismantled as the livestock market has relocated to a...
Great pics Adam I don't really want one of them in my collection (much) but if you could fix it for me Jim and all that >>>>>>and if I could take the Pee and...
Apologies for the broken link, try this one http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v161/ClerkByron/Great%20Cornard/ "I now challenge anyone else to find another...
Hi all, It's the Great Cornard Beta 9s again, all glowing in SON. Or so I thought. I discovered another Beta 9 sneakily tucked away in a narrow side street...
... Looks like an ultra-rare installation of old Phosware P151 lanterns. A nice find. All the best, Simon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi all, I went to visit the town of Brandon on Wednesday, a veritable streetlighting goldmine. This was partially through being tipped off about some rare GEC...
Hi all - I take it that means all new type B lighting will be CFL - not all converted to CFL by March 2010...?! Good news all the same imo! Cheers, Chris G....
Hi Col Surrey set to be all CFL for PFI in March 2010! Work on clearing the yard started this week in preperation to accomodate the PFI contract so looks like...
Thanks Colin - that's a pity, I don't think the deep bowl does anything for the lantern's looks! I prefer cut-offs like yours. I think the deep blue or green...
Hi Last week one of my kitchen lights went with a bang. It was a 20w halogen reflector designed as a direct replacement for a 60w gls reflector spot light. I...
Hi Chris. The Sapphire 2's are mostly deep bowl on the A roads except near Gatwick Airport, residential road Sapphire 1's mostly cut off all grey finished ...
Hi all, Years ago the outside light on my workshop used an 80W MBF lamp. It ran in series with an old Thorn 60W fluorescent lamp ballast and was plenty bright...
Hi Colin/John/All if you run a 80w Mercury Lamp on a 125w Ballast it should not explode, as the lamp is running at 1.15 amps instead of 0.8 amps, all what will...
That goes to show the importance of running High Pressure Discharge lamps with correctly rated control gear. Glad you wasn't hurt John. Cheers Colin F. ... ...
Hi Chaps The Sapphire one and two in grey finish are King around Crawley for new installations followed by 36 or 55w Residiums at the moment. Who knows what...
Hello All, Last night I was running an old Osram 80w MBF lamp on a 125w ballast. I should not have been running a 80w lamp on a 125w ballast but I should know...
Hi that should read: - It was actually the first of this type of lantern I saw in the mid 60's - I haven't invented a new technical term for lighting! Cheers,...
Hi Colin - yes, I too missed it until I suddenly realised it was still there. It was actually the fist of this lantern I saw in the mid 60's. As the road...